Genocide_Holocaust+and+Darfur

__Genocide in Darfur-__

Current Human Rights Violation - Genocide- the planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Where - Darfur, located on the western border of Sudan.

Who - The Janjaweed are government hired troops killing everyone that is against the Sudanese government. The two main rebel groups against the government are the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Eqaultiy Movement (Jem). The government tried to make a deal with both groups this year but they refused. They have now merged into one group, the National Redemption Front.

Whats happening there - So far, an estimate of 400,000 people have been killed. Over 2 million have fled to refugee camps in neighboring countries or in other parts of Sudan. The Janjaweed are still around Darfur stealing whatever they can from towns and cities. Once they take what they want, the Janjaweed burn they cities down.

Darfur village on fire.

What is the world doing - Currently, the UN is trying to get more troops/peacekeepers into Sudan. But the government has only allowed 7,000 to enter. this is not nearly enough to stop the Janjaweed. China and Russia are suspicious and have been accused of suppliying the Sudanese Government with weapons, but at the same time, China has been trying to get more peacekeepers into Sudan. Russia has used its vote in the UN against sending in more troops. A UN's Human Rights Council has been established and is currently trying to talk to the government and get them to allow more troops. So far, not much has progress has been made since we have waited too long.

How do others feel - Violaters- not many Janjaweed have been talked to. The few that have say that they do not feel bad about what they are doing. They are just doing what they have been told to do. When Musa Hilal, one of the leaders of the Janjaweed, was asked how he feels about killing so many innocent people, he said "It's reality". - Civilians- many victims are too scared to rebel. Many women have told their stories of rape and bombing. One child that was spoken to showed a journalist a picture of a helicopter bombing a city. Others are very angry and want to fight back. They dont want to rest untill they can kill Janjaweed themselves. Emotions are mixed between victims.

__Holocaust Facts-__
 * The people with their rights being violated were Jews, homosexuals, handicapped, Gypsies, Jehovas Witnesses, social democrats, communists, partisans, trade unionists, Polish intelligentsia, and all those that opposed the killing or those who wouldn't compromise or do as they were told.
 * It occured in Europe (Mostly Western Europe); Germany, Poland, and in death camps (concentration camps). Six camps existed and the most famous camp was Auschwitz-Birkenau. In Auschwitz-Birkenau three million people were killed through burning, suffering from disease, shooting, starvation, and gassing.
 * Jews and other minorities rarely tried to resist because they didnt have the strength (emotionally and physically), weapons, and also because any that opposed were killed or beaten. If they tried to escape they would be murdered and/or also the fences that surrounded the camps were covered with barbed wire.
 * Only the strong managed to survive. Once people arrived at the camps, they were dehumanized and given numbers. They were usually completley seperated from their families and also they were seperated into men and women and then weak and strong after that. The weak were immedeatley killed because if they were weak then they were useless and couldn't do any work at the camps. The strong were not killed as quickly and they were given enough to survive (meal wise) so that they were able to do labor. Infants and people that were old and weak were also killed immedeatley.
 * Six million Jews were murdered throughout the Holocaust. It occured during World War II and the genocide started in 1938 and lasted 7 years untill it ended in 1945.
 * Hitler and the Nazis were the people violating the human rights of any of the minorities in Germany (and most of Western Europe). They used Jews as a scapegoat and blamed them for economic failure in Germany and World War I. They were basically blamed for everything that went wrong in their country. Others didn't try to help because they feared being killed by the Nazis.